The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or ...

A quantum Rubik’s cube would be infinitely more complex than the traditional puzzle, but mathematical modelling shows it wouldn’t be unsolvable. In the summer of 2022, Noah Lordi and Maedée ...

Mars is often touted as the next planet people could inhabit, but the amount of radiation we would be exposed to would ...

There may be more bird flu cases in humans in the US than we previously thought. Health departments in two states took blood ...

The New Scientist Book Club has been reading Rachel Kushner’s Booker prize-shortlisted novel Creation Lake, a thrilling ...

The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselves dry appears to have more to do with ...

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the ...

Mixtures of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping them into thin channels between semipermeable membranes, ...

This year’s average global temperature is almost certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial times – a milestone that should ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

The Impossible Man by Patchen Barss salutes Roger Penrose's groundbreaking work in physics and mathematics while challenging ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...